Celebrating 20 Years

Online Trading Academy has its roots in the largest trading floor in the Western US, founded in 1997 by Eyal Shahar. Independent traders needed training to be successful in their investments, and soon a teaching model was born. By 2001 trading had transitioned to the web and we became 100% devoted to education. From a single location in Irvine, CA, today we’ve grown to 40 worldwide campuses and a worldwide online presence, and over 250,000 people have experienced OTA workshops and benefited from our mission: Enriching lives worldwide through exceptional financial education.

Cathie Morrison

Cathie MorrisonOnline Trading Academy

Students lucky enough to sit in on Cathie Morrison’s classes will benefit from a lifetime of experience in teaching combined with the skills of a master trader. She has inspired at every level as a public school teacher, college instructor, technology trainer and owner of a test preparation company as well as Online Trading Academyinstructor.

Cathie has traded stocks, Forex and futures, and particularly likes options as a way toward income and wealth. She believes that every student has the ability to succeed, and her role is to help them discover what they want and need, then help them to find their way to that goal.

A lifelong learner herself, she has completed virtually every course in OTA curriculum. What she loves most is that “Online Trading Academy gives everyone the opportunity to achieve what they have always believed they could do."

Past

Bachelor of Science, University of Colorado

Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction-Science, University of Missouri

Public school teacher in Missouri, Maine, North Carolina and Dominican Republic

Specialties

Expertise

Endeavors

Designed and implemented a district wide middle school science curriculum

Administered and coordinated a school’s Gold Medallion Program (honor’s program)

STARR teacher Missouri (two years)

Published several articles for Serene Trader- a weekly trade letter

NEA Executive Representative

Has personally completed virtually all courses in OTA curriculum

Hometown

Missouri, USA

What Students Are Saying

“Enjoyable, stimulating, informative. Would recommend the teacher to anyone.”

Rick Bunting,
August 2017

“There was a lot of helpful student instructor interaction.”

David Brust,
August 2017

“Cathie Morrison is a Super Gifted Teacher for this class! I enjoyed her teaching style, spent lots of time making sure students understood and followed and complex option asset very simply. It was a Treat to have Cathie Morrison as a Teacher for Pro investing class.”

Sanjivan Patel,
May 2017

“Cathie is an excellent instructor. Her passion for her craft carries over into her teaching skills. She clearly cares about her students' success and understanding. Thank you, OTA, for offering and then giving her her role, good move!”

Mark Rich,
March 2017

“With Cathie's background in teaching, she turned out to be the best teacher I have witnessed at OTA. She knows teaching and how the mind learns, plus she knows and uses the asset class and PAI style and is a proponent of maximizing your wealth bucket. Exceptional teacher!”

David Birk,
March 2017

“This was a great class. I learned so much about long term/retirement investing. Actually doing trades in class gives me the confidence to do this on my own. Cathie was a great instructor. She made sure that we were comfortable about a topic before she moved on to the next one.”